State backs green aviation fuel plant as industry struggles to cut emissions

Workers connect a tanker truck at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris to an Airbus A350 passenger jet, operated by Air France-KLM, fueling it with sustainable aviation fuel ahead of a flight to Montreal. (Nathan Laine / Bloomberg, 2021)

By  Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter Washington state has awarded a new $1.5 million grant for a planned sustainable aviation fuels and renewable diesel production facility projected to open in 2029 at Wallula Gap on the Columbia River. That’s a very small portion of the funding required to complete the facility being developed by

Sea-Tac Noise Info Expands Digital Presence to BlueSky

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sea-Tac Noise Info Expands Digital Presence with BlueSky Launch Sea-Tac Noise Info (STNI), a community advocacy group dedicated to addressing the negative impacts of Sea-Tac Airport operations on local residents, is excited to announce its expansion onto BlueSky. Our new profile at https://bsky.app/profile/sea-tacnoiseinfo.bsky.social will provide another platform for community members to stay

Delta jet flips upside down on a snowy Toronto runway and all 80 aboard survive

By  MICHAEL CASEY and JOHN WAWROW Updated 3:48 AM PST, February 18, 2025 TORONTO (AP) — A Delta Air Lines jet flipped on its roof while landing Monday at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, but all 80 people on board survived and those hurt had relatively minor injuries, the airport’s chief executive said. Snow blown by winds gusting to

SB5652 first hearing at Senate Environment Committee

Bill to reduce health disparities at Sea-Tac gets community support and firm Port opposition Senator Tina Orwall’s introduced her bill to help reduce environmental and health disparities and improve the health of airport community residents, SB 5652 was heard in the Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Committee. Text of SB5652 SB 5652 aims to reduce

WA electric plane startup halts operations in blow to green aviation

Arlington-based startup Eviation, which flew the first flight of its sleek all-electric airplane at Moses Lake in fall 2022, laid off most of its staff last week after failing to attract new funding, according to two employees who were among those cut. “The company is pausing operations indefinitely,” said an engineer. “Most of the engineering